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Table 1 Comparison between patients treated with a daily colchicine dose of 2.5 mg and others

From: The needed daily dose of colchicine in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever may be higher in women: a study on behalf of the JIR cohort

Variable

Daily colchicine dose < 2.5

Daily colchicine dose = 2.5

p-Value

N = 242

N = 30

Sex

  

0.018

M

116 (47.93%)

7 (23.33%)

W

126 (52.07%)

23 (76.67%)

N = 242%

N = 30

M694V/M694V

pathogenic variant

198 (81.82%)

N = 242

27 (90.00%)

N = 30

0.735

Age, years

41.96 (± 16.75)

36.57 (± 12.84)

0.139

Range: (17.0; 84.0)

Range: (19.0; 67.0)

N = 242

N = 30

BMI, kg/m2

24.34 (± 4.67)

22.83 (± 4.12)

0.076

Range: (15.2; 44.9)

Range: (16.4; 31.4)

N = 234

N = 29

Age at diagnosis, years

13.92 (± 12.46)

10.67 (± 10.56)

0.084

Range: (1.0; 56.0)

Range: (1.0; 40.0)

N = 230

N = 29

Biotherapy

  

0.804

Yes

44 (18.18%)

6 (20.0%)

No

198 (81.82%)

24 (80.0%)

N = 242

N = 30

Weight, kg

68.52 (± 14.92)

61.74 (± 12.27)

0.019

Range: (37.0; 109.0)

Range: (41.0; 89.0)

N = 238

N = 29

Creatinine, µmol/L

73.06 (± 52.82)

54.21 (± 11.28)

<0.001

Range: (35.0; 721.0)

Range: (34.0; 82.0)

N = 227

N = 28

Amyloidosis

  

0.614

Yes

11 (4.72%)

0 (0.0%)

No

222 (95.28%)

28 (100.0%)

N = 233

N = 28

  1. Abbreviations: N: number of patients; W: women; M: men; BMI: body mass index; P <0.05 was considered statistically significant